As a small-business owner in our small town, I have become increasingly alarmed as our government continues to push us in a very dangerous fiscal direction. America is at a crossroads, and there are few meaningful jobs being created locally or nationally to help us find our way out of economic hardship. As always, the poor are the hardest hit.

We need a sea-change.

Bill Marcy is running for Congress from Mississippi’s 2nd District. Bill Marcy is an enthusiastic supporter of our capitalist system and he knows that the backbone of our country’s economy is made up of millions of small-business owners and workers who are struggling right now. He understands, just like families do, that you should not spend what you do not have. He knows government is too big and too wasteful.

Bill Marcy has Mississippi roots. He is a former police officer in Chicago. He is a family man and was a business owner. He knows the hardships people endure. Bill also understands that we must stop the spending spree in Washington and put in place pro-growth reforms. He is fiscally and socially conservative, a believer in personal freedoms and in small government.

We have a duty to put honest, centered, fiscally responsible representatives in our leadership. We have a duty to not burden our children and grandchildren with government debt. This begins locally, and I believe Bill Marcy is a good place to start. Please turn out and vote for this good man in the runoff election June 22. Let’s put Bill on The Hill.

John Solomon

Vicksburg